Index: /branches/eam_branches/eam_branch_20090303/ppImage/src/Makefile.am
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--- /branches/eam_branches/eam_branch_20090303/ppImage/src/Makefile.am	(revision 23203)
+++ /branches/eam_branches/eam_branch_20090303/ppImage/src/Makefile.am	(revision 23204)
@@ -4,14 +4,14 @@
 	ppImage.h 
 
-PPIMAGE_VERSION=`if [ -e ../../VERSION ]; then cat ../../VERSION; else svnversion; fi`
-PPIMAGE_BRANCH=`if [ -e ../../BRANCH ]; then cat ../../BRANCH; else svn info | sed -n -e '/URL:/ h' -e '/Repository Root:/ { x; H; x; s|Repository Root: \(.*\)\nURL: \1\(.*\)|\2| ; s|^/|| ; s|/[a-zA-Z]*/src.*|| ; p }'; fi`
-PPIMAGE_SOURCE=`if [ -e ../../SOURCE ]; then cat ../../SOURCE; else svn info | sed -n -e 's/Repository UUID: // p'; fi`
+#PPIMAGE_VERSION=`if [ -e ../../VERSION ]; then cat ../../VERSION; else svnversion; fi`
+#PPIMAGE_BRANCH=`if [ -e ../../BRANCH ]; then cat ../../BRANCH; else svn info | sed -n -e '/URL:/ h' -e '/Repository Root:/ { x; H; x; s|Repository Root: \(.*\)\nURL: \1\(.*\)|\2| ; s|^/|| ; s|/[a-zA-Z]*/src.*|| ; p }'; fi`
+#PPIMAGE_SOURCE=`if [ -e ../../SOURCE ]; then cat ../../SOURCE; else svn info | sed -n -e 's/Repository UUID: // p'; fi`
 
 # Force recompilation of ppImageVersion.c, since it gets the version information
-ppImageVersion.c: FORCE
-	touch ppImageVersion.c
-FORCE: ;
+# ppImageVersion.c: FORCE
+# 	touch ppImageVersion.c
+# FORCE: ;
 
-ppImage_CFLAGS = $(PPIMAGE_CFLAGS) $(PPSTATS_CFLAGS) $(PSASTRO_CFLAGS) $(PSPHOT_CFLAGS) $(PSMODULE_CFLAGS) $(PSLIB_CFLAGS) -DPPIMAGE_VERSION=\"$(PPIMAGE_VERSION)\" -DPPIMAGE_BRANCH=\"$(PPIMAGE_BRANCH)\" -DPPIMAGE_SOURCE=\"$(PPIMAGE_SOURCE)\"
+ppImage_CFLAGS = $(PPIMAGE_CFLAGS) $(PPSTATS_CFLAGS) $(PSASTRO_CFLAGS) $(PSPHOT_CFLAGS) $(PSMODULE_CFLAGS) $(PSLIB_CFLAGS) -DPPIMAGE_VERSION=$(SVN_VERSION) -DPPIMAGE_BRANCH=$(SVN_BRANCH) -DPPIMAGE_SOURCE=$(SVN_SOURCE)
 ppImage_LDFLAGS = $(PPIMAGE_LIBS) $(PSASTRO_LIBS) $(PPSTATS_LIBS) $(PSPHOT_LIBS) $(PSMODULE_LIBS) $(PSLIB_LIBS)
 ppImage_SOURCES = \
Index: /branches/eam_branches/eam_branch_20090303/ppImage/src/ppImageVersion.c
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--- /branches/eam_branches/eam_branch_20090303/ppImage/src/ppImageVersion.c	(revision 23203)
+++ /branches/eam_branches/eam_branch_20090303/ppImage/src/ppImageVersion.c	(revision 23204)
@@ -5,6 +5,4 @@
 #include "ppImage.h"
 
-psString ppImageVersion(void)
-{
 #ifndef PPIMAGE_VERSION
 #error "PPIMAGE_VERSION is not set"
@@ -13,13 +11,21 @@
 #error "PPIMAGE_BRANCH is not set"
 #endif
-    return psStringCopy(PPIMAGE_BRANCH "@" PPIMAGE_VERSION);
+#ifndef PPIMAGE_SOURCE
+#error "PPIMAGE_SOURCE is not set"
+#endif
+
+#define xstr(s) str(s)
+#define str(s) #s
+
+psString ppImageVersion(void)
+{
+    char *value = NULL;
+    psStringAppend(&value, "%s@%s", xstr(PPIMAGE_BRANCH), xstr(PPIMAGE_VERSION));
+    return value;
 }
 
 psString ppImageSource(void)
 {
-#ifndef PPIMAGE_SOURCE
-#error "PPIMAGE_SOURCE is not set"
-#endif
-    return psStringCopy(PPIMAGE_SOURCE);
+    return psStringCopy (xstr(PPIMAGE_SOURCE));
 }
 
@@ -27,5 +33,5 @@
 {
     psString version = ppImageVersion();  // Version, to return
-    psString source = ppImageSource();    // Source
+    psString source = ppImageSource(); // Source
 
     psStringPrepend(&version, "ppImage ");